Recording Sat, November 22, 2008

The new A-Designs HM2EQ is a dual mono, three band, analog equalizer engineered with an ingenious filtering system that allows the even harmonics to flow through its 12AT Philips tubes filtering out unwanted noise.

The resulting sound is warm and ‘musical’ yet highly transparent with a clean, airy high end.

Housed in a 2U metal chassis with an aluminum faceplate and beefy toroidal power transformer under the hood, the HM2EQ ("HAMMER") is an invaluable tool for any studio.

Each channel features identical controls, including switches for bypass, high cut and low cut, as well as six large aluminum rotaries for the EQ section--knobs for the LF (30/50/100/200/300/400), MF (250/500/1.2k/1.6k/2k) and HF (2.5k/3.5k/5k/7.5k/10k/15k) bands, plus accompanying knobs offering +/-13dB of boost/cut for each frequency range.

“Although the digital recording world has certainly come a long way, especially over the last couple of years, it still can’t accurately mimic the warm, musical tones that a vacuum tube can best provide,” says A-Designs Audio’s Peter Montessi.

“We’ve gone through countless tube choices and combinations to find the best possible sonics for the HAMMER and I know that discerning engineers are going to be very pleased with it when they hear it for themselves.”

For more information:
A-Designs Website
Las Vegas Pro Audio Website